浮子

浮子

1. (colloquial) float (object attached to a fishing line)

• 漂兒／漂儿 (piāor)
• 浮漂 (fúpiāo)
• 魚漂／鱼漂 (yúpiāo)
• 漁漂／渔漂 (yúpiāo)

A shift in meaning from 網端 (aba, “the edge of a fishing net”), from the way that floats or weights are attached to the edge of a net.^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) あば (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

浮子(あば) • (aba) 

1. a fishnet float
2. (less common) a fishnet weight

• (weight): 錘(おもり) (omori)

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) +‎ 子 (ko, “small thing”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):

浮(うき)子(こ) • (ukiko) 

1. (uncommon) a fishnet float

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮く (uku, “to float”).^[1][2]

• 浮き (more common), 泛子

• (Tokyo) うき (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

浮子(うき) • (uki) 

1. a float used in fishing
2. a fishnet float
3. a buoy
4. a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid
5. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning
6. the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell
7. (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
8. (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮ける (ukeru, “to make something float”).^[1][2]

• 浮け (more common), 泛子

• (Tokyo) うけ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

浮子(うけ) • (uke) 

1. a float used in fishing
2. a fishnet float
3. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning

From Middle Chinese 浮子 (MC bjuw tsiX).

• (Tokyo) ふし (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

浮(ふ)子(し) • (fushi) 

1. a float used in fishing